Tasty Tuesday: Chicken Spinach Enchiladas

Ok guys, here's another crazy easy, delish, chicken recipe.  Once again, I took this recipe from 

Mix and Match Mama's blog.  I seriously get most my recipes from her.  They're not crazy complicated, but super delicious.

Spinach Chicken Enchiladas

They were so good, I forgot to take a picture until after we had dug into them.

Ingredients:

6 flour tortillas 

1 pound chicken (I used 1/2 a rotesserie)

1 box frozen spinach (thawed and excess water squeezed out)

1 can cream of  chicken soup

green onions

1 cup tomatillo (green salsa)

1 cup shredded cheese

Directions:

1.  Preheat to 350 degrees.

2.  Spray 8 x8 pan with Pam.

3.  Shred chicken.

4.  Mix together chicken, spinach, cream of chicken, green onions (I just threw in a handful), and 1/2 cup tomatillo sauce.  

*Funny thing about the tomatillo sauce, I had no idea what this was.  I found it, but it was called green salsa.  I am a big chicken when it comes to salsa and all things spicy.  Tomatoes also give me crazy canker sores.  But, I have fallen in love with this stuff.  It's not spicy at all.  Where has this been all my life?!

5.  Spoon mixture into tortilla. Wrap and place seam side down in pan. 

*The recipe could have made 6, I overstuffed and only made 5, but they were busting at the seams after they cooked, so next time I'll probably make 6.

6.  Pour remaining 1/2 cup of that delish green salsa on top and sprinkle with shredded cheese.

7.  Bake for 30 minutes.

Make these tonight, they are SOOO good.  

I actually whipped them up the night before, so I just had to pop them in the oven the next night. 

Husband thought these would also be great with queso on top, but what wouldn't be great with queso on top?

Thanks for coming by!!  

Weekend Recap

We had a great weekend!  There are only 9 days of school left.  Looking forward to being with little girl all day this summer!

My weekend started out picking up Blair.  She had worn her overalls, because grandma had taken her to the Farmer's Market that morning.  Always dressed for the occasion!  She's hard to get to sit still these days (hence the blurry picture)

We also made our weekly trip to Wal-Mart on Friday after school.  Fun times!

I don't cook on Friday's, so Matt brought home Taco Gringo.  Yummy!  I took a picture of my Chicken Soft Taco for ya.  After I took a bite of it.

Saturday morning, I did my run/walk.  I'm working on the Couch-to-5K program (again).  More about that later.

Saturday was spent at home cleaning the house.  Yahooo!  We finished with a fun dinner at Hu Hot...at 4:30 pm.  Parent life.

Sunday morning we went to church and Blair looked super cute in her sailor outfit.  

She actually slept through most of church this week.  Usually, she naps as soon as we get home around 10:30.  She must have been extra tired, but it was great holding her and getting some snuggle time.

We did some laundry, made some baby food, and relaxed at home Sunday afternoon.

We ended the day by going with my parents to visit my Papa in Kansas and eating dinner with him.  

It was a great, relaxing weekend with my sweet, simple family.

5 on Friday!

I am also on Bloglovin now.  Check it out, it's a great way to keep up with all the blogs you follow without have to bookmark them old-school type like I was.

1.  Sandals

On Monday, I wore some yellow sandals.  Then, I had a flashback moment, because they are the same sandals I wore on my wedding day.  It's crazy how footwear can bring back memories.  I chose these sandals because my flowers were all yellow and white daisies and I thought they fit that perfectly.  I also wanted to be comfortable.  I'm not a heels type of girl.  

Wedding day, my toes were my "something blue"

Monday.  Blue toes again.  Yes, I know I have abnormally long toes.  I own it.

2.  Appreciation

We are celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week at one of my schools a week late, because of our state testing.  This was just one day's treats.

That's a Cherry Limeade and a Red Onion Gift Card.

3.  Sippy cup.  

Blair has mastered the sippy cup and girlfriend LOVES her some water.

4.  Pretty nails. 

My sister sent me this pretty color for part of my birthday gift.  It's OPI Pompeii Purple.

5.  Weather

I do NOT love this.  See that brown thing across the top.  Yes, it says FROST ADVISORY.  Yes, it's MAY.  Yes, we had to turn our heat on IN MAY!

However, this is the weekend.

It's getting better.  I like that 80, but it definitely doesn't feel like summer!

Baby Broccoli

When Blair was born, I decided to make her baby food.  I'm not super healthy or anything ( I try to be) but I figured it couldn't be that hard.  Plus, I liked the idea of knowing what exactly she was eating (all this processed foods and hormones worry me) and it would save money too!  It ended up not being hard at all and at 6 months, I started making all her solid foods.  At 10 months, she is still eating the purees I make, but we have added in some finger foods and she generally has what we have for dinner.

Blair goes to my mom and my mother-in-law for the day while I am at work, I pop the frozen purees for the day in the fridge the night before and they are ready to go in the morning.

Here's my totally complicated (ha, crazy easy) broccoli recipe (if you can even call it a recipe).

1.  Buy broccoli.

2.  Give that broccoli a bath.

3.  I don't have a steamer basket, so I just put a little water in a pot, add the broccoli, and cover it.  I put it on low-medium heat for about 30 minutes or longer, depending on when I remember to go check it.

4.  Once it's soft, I put it in my Baby Bullet.  If you don't have one, you can totally do the same thing with a regular Bullet, blender, or food processor.

5.  Blend that broccoli.

6.  Put in trays and freeze.

7.  Pop out of tray, thaw, and serve.

8.  The Baby Bullet also comes with these containers that you can serve the food out of.  

Blair's showing you her empty container.  She's in the clean plate club.  She was too cool to look at mommy though.

Blair likes broccoli with any other veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes, squash) or by itself.

This much broccoli made seven 2 oz servings, so 14 oz. total.

So cheap, so easy, so good (if you're a baby, I, on the other hand, hate broccoli.)

Audioboo

Audioboo is a great resource that I am starting to use in my libraries, but I think it would work into many mama's or grandmama's lives.  What you do is go to audioboo and set up an account.  It's free!

Then, go to the record/upload button OR get the app on your ipad/iphone and hit record.

You can record yourself reading a book (or anything really) aloud.

Once you have recorded something, you can take a picture of the cover, if you like.

Then, under MORE, you can get the QR code.

Print it.

 I taped the QR code to the front of the book.  In my situation, the kids could scan the code and listen to me read the book aloud.  I think this might be fun for the kiddos who may not have someone to read to them at home.  They just need a iPhone or iPad with a free QR scanner app.

It would also be really fun for grandparents who don't live close to their grandkids.  Also, parents who work nights or maybe are in the military could use it and share books with their kids that way.

Just an idea!  Thanks for stopping by!

Tasty Tuesday-BBQ Baked Chicken Tacos

I will start this post off by saying that I am in no way a cook, but I cook because, well, I have too.  I don't hate it, but I don't love it either.  It's a necessary evil.  One easy recipe that the husband, the baby, and I are alway's happy with are
Mix and Match Mama's BBQ Baked Chicken Tacos.

Easy, fast, delish.  So easy, seriously, you don't even have to think.  Throw in some rice and you've got a meal!

Ingredients:
1 lb chicken (sometimes I use rotisserie, sometimes I put some chicken breasts in the crock pot.)
green onions
BBQ sauce
shredded cheese
taco shells

Directions:
1.  Preheat oven to 350.
2.  Shred chicken. (I used half a rotisserie for this night, it only made 4 tacos, but I wanted to save the rest of the chicken for another recipe.  If you use the whole chicken, you'll get more tacos.)

3.  Mix in however much BBQ sauce you like.  I didn't put a ton because Blair was eating it too.
4.  Add some green onions.  I just eye-ball it.

5.  Place taco shells in an 8x8 pan.  Usually I line this with foil, but I was out.  Use the stand 'n stuff shells.  It makes life even more easy.
6.  Put chicken mixture in taco shells.
7.  Sprinkle shredded cheese on top.

8.  Place in oven for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melty and yummy.

I put some in a little bowl for Blair and she loves it.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you mamas out there!  Hope you all had a great day yesterday!

I was so thankful to spend my first Mother's Day with my little gem!

This was us last year around Mother's Day.

Becoming a mom really makes you realize how much love a mother has for their children.  I'm sure you can realize that without having children of your own, but for me it took it to a whole new level.  I am so grateful that I have such an amazing mommy who was and continues to be a great inspiration to me.  My mom was a teacher (she's retired now) and that obviously had a great impact on me choosing my profession.  At one time, we were both teaching the same grade in the same district.  We were at different schools, but would have meetings and stuff together.  Isn't that special?  Thanks mama for all you do!

Me, my mama, and my sister

I'm also blessed to have an amazing mother-in-law.  She's so much fun!  She did such a great job raising my husband and making him who he is.  She's a jack of all trades and can spend a whole day outside planting things, fixing things, and using power tools, then get all gussied up and be a lady at night. 

My mom and her are great friends and I am so lucky that they take turns keeping Blair while I work.  It's so much easier to leave her every day, since I know she is in such good hands.   She's one lucky girl to have two grandmas that love her so much! 

Here we are all together, Blair's in this picture too!

And just for fun...see the ladies in blue and yellow, that'd be my mom and mom-in-law dancing their little hearts out at my wedding.